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Thread: A way to nerf calliope without overnerf11 Jan 2016, 16:15 PM Jump back to quoted post11 Jan 2016, 16:09 PMThunderhun One player goes for Major and tanks, while the other player goes for calliopes. In this particular, both Axis opponents go Tanks and set as their mission to hunt down and destroy the artillery/AT, depending what is more annoying. You know, use team-play, like your opponents, to actually outplay that particular USF combo. Axis should not have every win easily delivered on a plate :/ In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Quad M5 bad AA11 Jan 2016, 12:45 PM Because of that, it used to be a brilliant tactic to go double 222 against an airborne USF player to counter the P47 before the callin was nerved to the ground.. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: A way to nerf calliope without overnerf11 Jan 2016, 12:19 PM Edit: Argh, you keep editing your posts, without clearly underline what has been edited, to make my replies look different. I do not have to present a point to a generally non existing problem. There is no need refute an argument which I did not even bring to this discussion to something that even Relic said was intended design decision. Strawman much? There's enough counter-play if players go full artillery, even with popcap disembark. Get Tanks, get to the artillery. Stop getting Infantry, and do not turtle more. If you believe that USF decrew with tank transfers to other players is seriously a problem, then I recommend you to make your own thread about it. Please add at least a replay (with specific times and what to check). In: COH2 Balance
Thread: OKW AA Truck11 Jan 2016, 12:10 PM If you do the math, you get Kat's values (but for a few tidbits with commas, but I am unsure how the game rounds up values). Sigh. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: A way to nerf calliope without overnerf11 Jan 2016, 11:55 AM No, Pershing has had its crew disembark feature removed as a quick implementation for Relic to limit Heavies to one per player. What's OP about USF Ambulances now? :/ The problem with Priest and Calliope having crew is that one can have them without paying the upkeep for them... There is still a cost of at least 280 fuel for both players to have at least one Calli. A player leaving their crew next to the priests/callis as a mean to bypass upkeeps just begs the opponent to kill the crew and take over the tanks themselves. Additionally, this will force even more micro on the USF player, and one cannot micro everything. Going slightly over the popcap using decrew has been underlined as a valid tactic as denoted by Relic themselves. Really, this is more of a L2P issue, and you do seem to exaggerate the issue at hand a bit, which reminds me of you attempting to define the in-game term "fortification" recently. I haven't read anything about de-crewing being OP since the beta of WFA, when crews were able to instantly crew/decrew tanks in combat, messing up with the enemy's targetting.. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: A way to nerf calliope without overnerf11 Jan 2016, 11:29 AM I do understand your concerns, but I have trouble comprehending the problem there. Transferring Cal/Priest to other players in 3on3/4on4 just end up with 2 or more players having tons of AI, but no AT, and dooms to failure in the long term. Not sure what the advantage of that is. A player has to spend 280 fuel in total for one 140 fuel Calli for himself, wait for the ability to reload, and another 140 fuel Calli for the other player. The other player has to get a crew as well (at least 200 manpower), and make sure they're not over popcap themselves (as during that time, the other player has gained resources worth 280 fuel themselves). One player ends up with a tank crew that is a bit useless in combat. A team will end up with two players having one Callis each. This may alleviate micro, but apart from the amount of AI as from one player having two callies, that is no game winning tactic at all. During that time, the opponent surely must have enough means to counter. I am main OKW and I have never seen such behaviour. Do you have any replay with that kind of winning performance? And yes, L2P is a reason for NOT having balance changes. If an opponent goes full artillery and full anti-infantry, going more infantry is a bad decision, and clearly shows a L2P problem. edit: Oh, you're the heavy assault and fortification guy, who tried to incorrectly label things as you see fit. To be honest, I do believe you may have a L2P problem as demonstrated in your other posts. Vehicle crew transfers are probably the least OP thing in the game. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: ... Three Gameplay Mechanics That Need To Be Changed11 Jan 2016, 11:14 AM Vet4-5 should be removed with OKW not being resource starved. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: A way to nerf calliope without overnerf11 Jan 2016, 11:08 AM The person gets more than 2 Priests and/or more than 2 Calliopes in a game, and transfers them to other players (140 fuel), whilst the opponent is not getting any hard AT or any attempt to counter, is clearly fighting against someone who may have to L2P In-game, people seem to forget as well that the Calliope has NO functioning main gun. I can't counter any tanks on its own. Just rush it with a P4, and that's the end of it. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: A way to nerf calliope without overnerf11 Jan 2016, 10:49 AM I do love when my opponent goes Calliope, I just go and hunt them down with a Panther or a P4, as I know USF will not have any E8, Jackson, Pershing or any other hard AT in the area. I do not understand why it needs a nerf at all, it is a tool that punishes blobbers, but opens up counter possibilities to fight against. These things aren't cheap for AI only with 140 fuel cost. A good example was the recent ESL final with Barton going full AT towards lategame to get a massive comeback against Jesulin who went Callipoe.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Ck-AHpOxk Most people do seem to hate it because it does indeed punish the OKW blobs, which is, in my opinion, working as intended.. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: OKW AA Truck11 Jan 2016, 10:43 AM When OKW was resource starved, I thought it was part of the game. Nowadays with OKW having certain advantages that other factions would have to pay for, I do agree that there should be a cost attached, and add side tech upgrades as fuel and munition sink. This will most likely open up countless possibilities for current and future balance updates and it may allow OKW to rely on other more varied strategies than VolksBlob - rush luchs - to KT/Panther. In: COH2 Balance